So I was browsing the politics forum and came across somebody who said the following: Yes, I have [heard of socialism in one country], but I don't buy it. I was reading a book which was written by Edvard Radzinsky on Stalin. His book discusses these comments and many other issues. His book was based on recently released Soviet Archives. Archives, which have not been known until years after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
This is just sick, watching this made my blood boil. Tasering some guy for asking John Kerry some awkward questions. The guy half way through his question had his microphone cut, he was then grabbed from behind by the goon squad.
Mr Brown this is a highly inappropriate time to be inviting Thatcher around for a friendly chit chat. There's something very wrong with this Labour government. An Autumn of Discontent is exactly what we need.
Surely, this will be the last opportunity for me to address you. The Air Force has bombed the antennas of Radio Magallanes. My words do not have bitterness but disappointment. May they be a moral punishment for those who have betrayed their oath: soldiers of Chile, titular commanders in chief, Admiral Merino, who has designated himself Commander of the Navy, and Mr. Mendoza, the despicable general who only yesterday pledged his fidelity and loyalty to the Government, and who also has appointed himself Chief of the Carabineros....
The US prison population now stands at around 2.3 million. This is around 800,000 higher than the PRC with around 1.5 million (with a total population of 1.3 billion) and around 55% higher than the number of prisoners in the USSR under Stalin, which peaked at 1,500,524 in January 1941. The level of crime and the levels of inequality in a society go hand in hand, statistically you are more likely to commit crime the more oppressed you are*....
John McDonnell: In the past political parties brought together their supporters to debate, discuss and decide the policies which were then drafted into a manifesto and placed before the electorate. If there was sufficient support for the policies and the party was elected, new ministers would arrive into office with civil servants waiting with advice on how to implement the policy programme. The battle for an incoming Labour government was with the vested interests of the status quo which had largely permeated government and all its departments....
Next week is the deadline to submit feedback on Mr Brown's "Extending and Renewing Party Democracy" document, it's so good it could of been crafted by the marketing department at Game. Anyway Comrade Skevington has organised a meeting of the General Committee to discuss the issue. Summary of proposal one: A commitment to give greater support to local Labour Parties in holding Policy Forums and creating a duty on the NPF to better consult, engage and involve party members in policy discussions....
From Venezuelanalysis.com: The Venezuelan government made the agreement with London Mayor Ken Livingstone last February after Venezuelan President Chavez suggested the idea during a visit to London in 2006. The deal will provide London buses with a 20% discount on fuel from Venezuela. At the same time, London will open an office in Caracas to provide Venezuela with advice and technical expertise on tourism, public transport, urban-planning, and the protection of the environment, fields in which London is a world leader....
Check this guy out.....
Two hours and three minutes is the time it takes a train to go from Paris to London, two hours fifteen minutes is the expected time when the new service to St Pancras starts in November. So why does it take me the same amount of time to go from Yeovil to Newport? Well in France, the railway lines and the trains are publically owned. When the French government spent the billions of pounds on modernising the French railway network about a decade ago, the money got put to work....